“Wagner's PMC took all the heights around it, then the units of the Ministry of Defence calmly walked through the desert, meeting almost no resistance. All the hard assault work was done by Wagner's PMC.”The man said that after the row, all decent military equipment was withheld and Wagner Group had to rely on old or looted equipment. The Wagner Group is thought to number around 3,000 fighters, although it is unclear if all are private military contractors or serving military personnel on attachment. Moscow hides behind plausible deniabilityIn March 2018 the Duma (Russia’s parliament) voted to make PMCs illegal. First, it keeps such groups loyal to the Kremlin and Putin personally.

Source: Libya Today April 07, 2021 20:30 UTC